'Do or die' for La. Tech baseball at home

Bulldogs host WAC power CSU-Bakersfield

11:29 PM,
May 2, 2013

Written by

Matt Vines
mvines1@thenewsstar.com

The Louisiana Tech bats continue to struggle, but the Bulldogs face a "do-or-die" series when pitching power Cal State-Bakersfield visits J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park for a three-game conference series.

The Bulldogs (15-30, 3-15 WAC) are in 10th place in the Western Athletic Conference and five games back of eighth-place San Jose State (14-30, 8-10), who would be the last team in the league tournament if the season ended Thursday.

Tech has three series left (nine games), and coach Wade Simoneaux said his team needs clutch hits to overcome CSU-B, which has a conference low 3.03 staff ...